domination
French, noun/dɔ.mi.na.sjɔ̃/
domination is spelled D-O-M-I-N-A-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written French, the 4,479th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Domination is a French feminine noun meaning “domination” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de dominer par la puissance ou l’autorité”.
What does domination mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedomination
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de dominer par la puissance ou l’autorité. 2. Rapport de pouvoir ou de suprématie exercé par un État, un empire, une classe ou un groupe sur un autre. 3. Concept désignant une relation de pouvoir institutionnalisée et légitimée, théorisé notamment par Max Weber (domination traditionnelle, domination charismatique, domination rationnelle-légale). 4. Jeu où un partenaire domine l’autre.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of domination
- dominations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce domination?
- /dɔ.mi.na.sjɔ̃/
- \dɔ.mi.na.sjɔ̃\
- [dɔ.mi.na.sjɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to domination
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is domination in French?
domination appears 17 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).